It’s time to put your pets to work in your very own independent film showing how animals can help people feel better.
Connecticut’s nonprofit psychotherapy and educational organization, Soul Friends, Inc, is hosting their first pet-themed film festival on Saturday, November 21 at Showcase Cinemas in North Haven from 10 am to noon.

Soul Friends helps at-risk children with therapy animals and other interactive activities. Their services include dog training for special needs children, equine assisted psychotherapy and crisis response therapy dogs.
To enter the Petflix Film Festival, submit a video under 5 minutes or within the 5-10 minute category. Film shorts will …read more

It’s been a fairly slow week here at Mental Health Notes, and I can’t quite put my finger on one particular reason why. We had thunderstorms almost every day this week, and so when I wasn’t working (which kept me fairly busy), I was taking advantage of the writing inspiration (and snooze-inducing effects) thunderstorms always seem to give me.
I also found out early in the week I’m going to have to work extra hard to keep my local NAMI affiliation going, which caused a bit of stress, but I was happy to find I’ll have support.
Oh, and I’ve been re-reading …read more